In a report published in The Cincinnati Enquirer, journalist Lisa Bernard-Kuhn found several families in Ohio, where legalization of medical marijuana is currently pending, who are eagerly fleeing the confines of the Midwestern state for places where they can treat their ill children.

Two-year-old Addyson Benton has severe epilepsy and is currently on a waiting list for a medical strain of marijuana called Charlotte's Web. When she is approved, her family will move to Colorado for access.

"When we first heard about Charlotte's Web, we brushed it off, like so many people do. But then we began researching, and hearing the stories; we were sold. Our doctors here who are seeing kids that have failed all these other medications should be telling families that there may be another option."

Because the federal government classifies marijuana as a Schedule I drug, scientific studies and tests on the drug are limited. The move to medical marijuana-friendly states is a last hope for families who see no improvement from prescribed medications.